Teen is punched and choked 'by a 59-year-old man' in road rage incident as her younger siblings cry and beg him to stop

  • Savannah Johnson, 18, was driving with her younger siblings whom she picked up from daycare, when she says Brent Clark, 59, started tailgating her
  • She claims he got out of his car at a red light, and ran over to her car and started punching her through her open window 
  • Johnson also says Clark choked her as well, when the light turned green she sped off and called 911 
  • She managed to take a photo of his license plate which helped cops track him
  • He was arrested and charged with assault and is being held on $20,000 bail 

An Ohio teenager claims she was choked and punched by a 59-year-old man in a road rage incident, as her younger siblings who she had picked up from daycare cried and begged him to stop.

Savannah Johnson, 18, of Miamisburg, was driving home May 15, when she noticed a car driving close to her vehicle, according to the Dayton Daily News.

'I noticed him because he was honking and flipping me off and then I looked in my mirror, and that's how I saw he was riding my rear end,' Johnson said.

When she was stopped at a red light, she says, 59-year-old Brent Clark got out of his car and started walking towards her. 

Brent Clark, 59, (pictured) was arrested and charged with assault after Savannah Johnson, 18, says he choked her and punched her in a road rage incident
Savannah Johnson, 18

Brent Clark, 59 (left) was arrested and charged with assault after Savannah Johnson, 18 (right) says he choked her and punched her in a road rage incident 

Johnson says she had just picked up her young sibling from school and was on her way home when Clark started tailgating her. She said once he attacked her her siblings started crying 

Johnson says she had just picked up her young sibling from school and was on her way home when Clark started tailgating her. She said once he attacked her her siblings started crying 

She said Clark, who is more than 40 years her senior, went to her open window and started pummeling her.  

'While he was beating me, my siblings kept saying, "Please stop hitting my sister,"' Johnson said.

Johnson says when she tried to roll up her window, Clark started choking her, and even tried to pull her from the vehicle. 

She luckily managed to pull away when the light turned green and called 911, but she said Clark continued to follow her and drove in front of her and even tried to back into her, continuing to terrify her and her younger siblings.

The quick thinking teen was able to get photos of Clark's license plate which helped the police track him down.    

The teen says she was left with a concussion from the incident (injuries circled) and will have to undergo caliphs therapy but she feels worse her siblings had to watch it all 

The teen says she was left with a concussion from the incident (injuries circled) and will have to undergo caliphs therapy but she feels worse her siblings had to watch it all 

Clark was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on an assault charge. His bail was set at $20,000.

Johnson says that while she suffered a concussion and will have to undergo physical therapy, she's lucky she didn't get hurt worse.   

'I was just worried about my siblings,' she added, 'because they had to watch it all.'